
Albon reacts to 'toughen up' criticism
Albon reacts to 'toughen up' criticism

Alex Albon has responded to criticism that he is not hard enough on his engineers claiming 'it's not all about throwing laptops across the room'.
Towards the end of last season, former Williams technical director FX Demaison commented on Albon: “When he has the helmet on, yes, he can be hard but it should be a bit more harder in debriefs.
“I explain to him, every day, I tell him you have if you want to be a world champion, you have to be like this.”
Albon will act as the Williams team leader this year after being partnered with rookie Logan Sargeant.
READ MORE: FIRST LOOK: Williams launch Gulf partnership with the FW45
Asked if he will have a harder edge this term, Albon said: "It's a tricky one.
"I would say that the way I go about my business is more to get the best out of the people that I work with and I don't think that's necessarily always just being hard on people.
"Everyone works differently and it's about extracting performance in different ways.
"Everyone has different personalities so I'm definitely focused on becoming more of a team leader and looking at ways to do that, but that's not necessarily just throwing a laptop across the room."
Williams progress fast-tracked

Albon joined Williams ahead of the 2022 season and scored points on three occasions - registering four of the team's six.
Giving his thoughts on operating as a team leader for the first time in F1, Albon added: "I don't think that it's like a thing where I've got to take responsibility of this and that.
"Naturally, I'm confident in where I feel that we need to go and that was even from the first race of the year last year.
"From my experience with other teams, I felt I could bring a lot to the table.
"So in terms of that side, I have an extra year now, so that's even more experience under my belt.
"I'm focusing a lot on the areas that I talked about quite a lot last year with the balance of the car in certain places.
"But the main difference from last year to this year is just all that time, the team learning my driving style, me learning the culture and the way that the team do things.
"That has all been done, so we will start Bahrain straight away on the front step and will be able to fast-track our development and our progress through winter testing so that should naturally put us in a better position this year."
READ MORE: February 2023: Key dates for your diary
Related news

F1 star dished dirt on rivals to help seal return to the grid

Former F1 team owner issues brutal Sargeant verdict

Williams CONFIRM Sargeant for F1 in 2024 with historic move

F1 star costs team 'quadruple his wages' in car damage
Most read

Hamilton hits waves with Ferrari rival as F1 stars pictured on break

Surprise F1 name tipped to partner Verstappen at Red Bull

F1 News Today: Verstappen makes Ricciardo accusation as Horner issues worrying Mercedes verdict

F1 News Today: Wolff brutally plays down huge Mercedes decision as Perez raises alarm over employee welfare

Ricciardo opens up on shock F1 retirement call
F1 Standings

Drivers
- Charles Leclerc
- Carlos Sainz
- Lando Norris
- Oscar Piastri
- Pierre Gasly
- Esteban Ocon
- Sergio Pérez
- Max Verstappen
- Alexander Albon
- Logan Sargeant
- Lewis Hamilton
- George Russell
- Nico Hülkenberg
- Kevin Magnussen
- Fernando Alonso
- Lance Stroll
- Valtteri Bottas
- Zhou Guanyu
- Nyck De Vries
- Liam Lawson
- Daniel Ricciardo
- Yuki Tsunoda
Races
-
Gulf Air Grand Prix of Bahrain 2023
-
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2023
-
Grand Prix of Australia 2023
-
Grand Prix of China 2023
-
Grand Prix of Azerbaijan 2023
-
Miami Grand Prix 2023
-
Qatar Airways Gran Premio Del Made In Italy E Dell'emilia Romagna 2023
-
Grand Prix of Monaco 2023
-
AWS Gran Premio de España 2023
-
Grand Prix du Canada 2023
-
Grand Prix of Austria 2023
-
Aramco Grand Prix of Great Britain 2023
-
Grand Prix of Hungary 2023
-
Grand Prix of Belgium 2023
-
Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2023
-
Grand Prix of Italy 2023
-
Grand Prix of Singapore 2023
-
Grand Prix of Japan 2023
-
Qatar Grand Prix 2023
-
Grand Prix of the United States 2023
-
Gran Premio de la Ciudad de Mexico 2023
-
Rolex Grande Prêmio de São Paulo 2023
-
Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023
-
Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi 2023
About GPFans
GPFans is a multi-platform, multi-language brand dedicated to Formula One coverage. We bring you all the ins and outs of the sport, 24/7, everything from up-to-the-minute news and features to the latest viral stories and clips.We believe that a new generation of exciting, outspoken drivers will make F1 more popular than ever before, and we want to give our users access to as much of their heroes as possible, on and off the track. From Lewis Hamilton to Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo to Sebastian Vettel, we provide in-depth analysis of every every Grand Prix in the season, from Australia to Abu Dhabi.
With Formula One under the new ownership of Liberty Media, how the sport is being covered is evolving, and GPFans will look to be at the heart of this progression into new media, as one of the fastest-growing sites covering the king of motorsports.
Follow us on your favorite social media channel
Corporate & Media

7007 CD, Doetinchem, Netherlands
+31645516860